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Page01:P1.T1: #109: SeriousPage02:P2.B1: Fight, Senpai!!Page03:P3.B1: Yay----!!P4.B1: Kyaa----P5.B1: You did it! Amazing, Rin!!P5.B2: Great game!!Page04:P1.B1: I'm in perfect condition today! // I could take them on all alone!!P1.B2: Wow!!P2.B1: Okay. You all did great!!P2.B2: We're going with the same lineup for the next game of the best four too.P2.B3: Yes.P3.B1: Just two more...P4.B1: If we win them, // we're advance to the main round.P5.B1: Yeah.Page05:P1.B1: Listen, girls!P1.B2: We third-years got on the line-up because we have more experience.P1.B3: But there isn't much of a difference between our strength.P2.B1: This is for your future too!P3.B1: We're giving our best, so we can all go to the interhigh!P3.B2: Captain~~~!!P4.B1: There she goes.P4.B2: That's her way of telling them not to give up.P5.B1: Since the juniors are perplexed...P5.B2: But...P6.B1: I like that side of her's.P7.B1: Her side of getting easily fired up on something?P7.B2: Yeah. [small text] Ahaha [/small text]P8.B1: During middle school I was pretty excited about badminton.Page06:P1.Sign: 37th Tokyo Middle School // Preliminary TournamentP3.B1: Ah.P4.B1: Don't worry! Let's keep going!!Page07:P1.B1: We might have lost today, but next time we'll win! // Let's not lose hope!!P2.B1: ...P3.B1: Geez, I can't keep up with Ebisawa-san~~~P4.B1: There is no way we can win against M School. // But she still was all fired up.P4.B2: How should I say it, she's way too serious and doesn't read the atmosphere.P4.B3: I know---P4.B4: ....P6.T1: Is being serious...P6.T2: really that bad of a thing...?Page08:P1.T1: I wonder if being serious is uncool...P2.T1: But...P3.T1: whenever I get on the court, my switch is turned on.P3.T2: I want to win the game.P3:T3: Even if I have no chance of winning, I want to give my best.P5.T1: I love badminton...P6.T1: I came to Toujou Daini because I wanted to play seriously.P7.B1: I'm Ebisawa Misuzu. Nice to meet you.Page09:P1.B1: I'm Takayanagi Risa. Nice to meet you.P3.T1: She looks... cool...P4.Box1: At first, Risa was playing singles.P5.Box1: When we teamed up for the firs time, it kinda clicked. // Since then we played together.P6.B1: S- Say,P7.B1: Am I shooting too much from behind? // Isn't that bad?Page10:P1.B1: Well, it's true I'm making a lot of mistakes at the front...P1.B2: I- I didn't mean it like that...P2.B1: Your smash is a weapon. // Don't hold back on using it!!P4.B1: Th- Then,P4.B2: you don't mind if I get serious...?P4.B3: Of course not---!! // I'll get angry instead if you don't!!P5.B1: I plan on making our doubles the strongest out there!!P6.B1: She's even more serious than me.P7.B1: If you hold back, I'm gonna kill you.P7.B2: I get it.Page11:P1.B1: We're beginning the semifinals // for the Team Competition preliminary.P2.B1: Risa.P3.B1: Full power is fine, right?P3.B2: Obviously. I told you before, right?P4.B1: I'm...P5.B1: I'm really glad to have teamed up with you.Page12:P1.B1: It's still to earlyP1.B2: to say that.P2.B1: 0 - 0, Play!!Page13:P4.B1: What power!P4.B2: Nice shot!!P6.T1: Suzu's weapon is her powerful smash.Page14:P2.B1: *stop*Page15:P1.B1: A good drop!!P2.B1: Since Ebisawa-senpai's smash is so fast, // the opponent positions himself more in the back.P2.B2: There they won't be able to get a drop then.P3.B1: Th- Then she just have to play her smash and drop in turns?P4.B1: No, there is no meaning in it, if they know what's coming....P4.B2: R- Really?P5.B1: Ugg~~~P5.B2: What's wrong, Kotomi?P6.B1: In the note Hashiba-senpai gave me,P6.B2: was written: // "Watch the games closely and learn by it"...P6.B3: ....P7.B1: Look at her smash.P8.B1: She always shoots different, so the opponent doesn't get used to it.Page16:P1.B1: And even if they manage to return it, // it'll be in front of the net.P2.B1: Since playing high would just invoke another smash.P3.B1: Takayanagi-senpai then tries to play as much shots in front of the net as possible. // So that the opponent will be forced to play high again and give Ebisawa-senpai a chance to attack again.Page17:[no text]Page18:P2.B1: Nice one!!P3.B1: I want... // to be able to play like that too...P3.B2: Yeah...